Terms of Service

Date of Last Revision: March 1, 2011

Thank you for using Schmooru.com (hereinafter referred to “Schmooru” or the “Site”) and for working with IB5K, LLC (hereinafter, also referred to as “IB5K”, or “we”, “us”, “our”, etc.). Schmooru is an online community of independent producers who seek work and the opportunity for collaboration in creative development and production (“Members”). The Site is designed to give Members an online space to upload their original content for potential use by IB5K/Schmooru Clients (as hereinafter defined), comments and collaboration with other Schmooru Members.

These Terms of Use, including any future modifications, govern your use of Schmooru, are a legal contract between you and IB5K and constitute an agreement (the “Agreement”) between you and IB5K. The Agreement is further subject to the terms and conditions of the Ning.com Terms Of Service (the “Ning TOS”) available at http://about.ning.com/legal/tos.php and the Ning.com Privacy Policy (the “Ning Privacy Policy”) available at http://about.ning.com/legal/privacy.php, which are both incorporated herein and made a part hereof. In the event that any terms of this Agreement contradict the terms of the Ning TOS and/or the Ning Privacy Policy, the terms of the Ning TOS and/or the Ning Privacy Policy, as applicable, shall govern. In addition to these Terms of Use, the Ning TOS and the Ning Privacy Policy, you are also subject to our Privacy Policy and any additional posted guidelines, policies, or rules applicable to specific services and features on Schmooru, which we may post from time to time (collectively, the “Guidelines”), and all applicable laws. All such Guidelines are part of this Agreement and are hereby incorporated by reference. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or delete portions of these Terms of Use at any time without notice. If we do this, we will post the changes to these Terms of Use on this page and will indicate at the top of this page the date these terms were last revised. It is your responsibility to regularly check Schmooru to determine if there have been changes to these Terms of Use and to review such changes. Your continued use of the Site after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of these or any future Terms of Use.

By registering with us, using or browsing the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement without limitation or qualification. If you do not agree to any of these terms, you can stop using Schmooru at any time.

Producer Content and IB5K/Schmooru Clients

“Producer Content” means any work of authorship posted by or submitted by you on or to IB5K or Schmooru or created by you as a Member, including profiles (including without limitation, your name, image, likeness, and biographical material), notes, comments, recommendations, forums, photos, videos, music, software, designs, sounds, images, text, files, listings, logos, trademarks, postings, messages, tags, metrics regarding Producer Content, and other content added to or submitted with any of the foregoing.

“IB5K/Schmooru Clients” are third parties with whom we enter into agreements to curate, recommend, solicit or otherwise provide Producer Content and/or “Developer Intellectual Property” (as hereinafter defined) for any purpose.

“Client Agreement” means any agreement by and between a IB5K/Schmooru Client and us and/or you for Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property.

You hereby certify and agree that all Producer Content shall be deemed a “work made for hire” (as defined under the United States Copyright Act and for the purpose of all other copyright laws throughout the world) created for IB5K and/or Schmooru. If, for any reason, said Producer Content, or any portion thereof, shall be adjudged not to be a “work made for hire,” then you hereby irrevocably assign all rights of ownership in such Producer Content, including without limitation, all copyrights and all renewals and extensions thereof throughout the universe, to IB5K and/or Schmooru. Without limiting their rights, IB5K and/or Schmooru shall have the sole and exclusive right in perpetuity and throughout the universe to manufacture, advertise, sell, license or, otherwise dispose of and exploit the Producer Content and derivatives derived therefrom in any manner or media whatsoever upon such terms, and under such trademarks, as IB5K and/or Schmooru elects, or, in IB5K’s and/or Schmooru’s sole discretion, to refrain therefrom. Subject to Client Agreements as provided for herein and the terms of this Agreement, you continue to have the right to use and license Producer Content in any way you choose. You are responsible for protecting those rights as appropriate. Producer Content must comply with the terms of this Agreement.

Fees

We shall instruct IB5K/Schmooru Clients to pay to us any fee or sum due for the use or grant of rights in and to the applicable Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property (the “Client Fee”). After our actual receipt of the Client Fee, we shall promptly pay you a net sum (“Your Fee”) after first deducting our commission (the “Commission”) and the IB5K/Schmooru community re-investment fund (the “Community Fund”) from the Client Fee. We will use reasonable business efforts to advise and inform you of the applicable Commission and Community Fund in each case prior to the final execution of the applicable Client Agreement. You acknowledge the Commission and Community Fund are subject to change. We shall use reasonable business efforts to inform you of any such changes.

You are solely responsible for ensuring that you have all rights in Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property, including the rights necessary for you to grant the foregoing rights to us as regarding Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property and enter into Client Agreements, including any necessary licenses, consents or releases from any and all necessary third parties. Except as expressly provided, you are solely responsible for Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property. You understand that whether or not Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property is published or marked as private, we do not guarantee any confidentiality or privacy with respect to any Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property.

In addition to the rights, licenses and privileges referred to above, you agree that we, in our sole discretion, may use and refer to your trademarks, service marks, trade names, image, character, logos, domain names and other distinctive brand features or reports, presentations, website materials, customer lists and other media now known or hereafter discovered in connection with the marketing, advertising and promotion of IB5K and/or Schmooru, and any products, goods, features, capabilities and/or services associated with IB5K and/or Schmooru.

As a Member you acknowledge that we and our designees reserve the right, but shall have no obligation, to pre-screen, filter, remove, refuse to accept, post, display, or transmit any Producer Content, in whole or in part, at any time for any reason or no reason. We may delete or remove Producer Content without notice and with no liability of any kind.

If a Member is removed from the Site, the Producer Content associated with that Member may be deleted at our sole discretion. We are not required, and may not keep, back-up copies of Producer Content once such Producer Content is deleted. Furthermore, we make no guarantee, either during or after the term of this Agreement, that Producer Content will be safely stored on the Site. You should independently back up Producer Content.

All Developer Intellectual Property created or prepared or provided by you in connection with your services hereunder, including all material subject to copyright, is the property of IB5K and/or Schmooru. The Developer Intellectual Property shall be deemed a “work made for hire” within the meaning of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101, and all rights to copyright shall be vested entirely in IB5K and/or Schmooru. If for any reason IB5K and/or Schmooru may not be deemed to have commissioned a “work made for hire,” and its rights to copyright are thereby in doubt, you hereby assigns to IB5K and/or Schmooru all rights in and to the Developer Intellectual Property. You agree to cooperate with us and execute such documents as may reasonably be required to implement this assignment and to perfect our rights in the Developer Intellectual Property. The parties intend that any and all rights in and to the Developer Intellectual Property are to be conveyed to IB5K and/or Schmooru in full. You retain no rights in the Developer Intellectual Property, unless set forth in a writing signed and agreed to by us.

Without limiting any other terms of this Agreement, in the event that you incorporate into the Developer Intellectual Property any work of authorship not first produced in connection with the services provided by you hereunder, but in which copyright is owned and retained by you, you grant to us a royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable license throughout the world to publish, modify, transfer, translate, deliver, perform, use and dispose of in any manner any portion of any such work(s).

Unless our written approval is obtained, you may not include in any Developer Intellectual Property provided to you hereunder any works of authorship in which copyright is not owned by you or us without acquiring for us any rights necessary to perfect a license of the scope set forth in subparagraph 2(c) above.

You agree to indemnify and hold IB5K and/or Schmooru, its officers, directors, agents and employees harmless against any and all claims, settlements, judgments, liabilities, damages, losses, suits and expenses (whether arising by tort, statute, contract or otherwise), including reasonable attorneys fees (and fees incurred in enforcing this provision), arising in connection with anything that you create, prepare, develop, utilize or deliver in connection with the services rendered hereunder or Developer ntellectual Property provided hereunder, including, but not limited to claims for infringement of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property rights. You shall notify us promptly of any third party suit or proceeding, and we may defend or otherwise deal with such matter if you fail to do so after notice, with all costs chargeable to you.

We shall be the sole judge of the suitability of the Developer Intellectual Property created for its purposes under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall require us to use in any way any rights and/or property conveyed herein. Our rights in the Developer Intellectual Property shall include, but are not limited to: (a) the unrestricted and exclusive reproduction rights throughout the world, without name credit; (b) the exclusive right throughout the world to protect the Developer Intellectual Property by copyright or trademark, including any renewals thereof; (c) the right to alter and/or modify the Developer Intellectual Property in any way; (d) the right to license, distribute, assign or transfer such title and copyright or otherwise dispose of the Developer Intellectual Property or any portion thereof for any purpose and in any manner; and (e) all subsidiary rights therein. You agree to execute any documents necessary to effectuate this Agreement.

IB5K’s Intellectual Property Rights and Limited License

All text, graphics, video, music, logos or other content or material contained on the Site and all related code (the “Site Materials”) is owned by us. The Site Materials use is subject to our permission and is further subject to the Terms of Use. You may download one copy of the Site Materials on any single computer for your personal, noncommercial use, provided you keep intact any copyright and other proprietary notices on the Site Materials and do not modify the Site Materials in any way. You may not modify, reuse, re-post, or use the Site Materials for public or commercial purposes, without our written permission. Without limiting the forgoing, you agree not to use the Site Materials for any other use or purpose. You further agree that you will not, and will not attempt to, copy or distribute the Site Materials, in whole or in part, to any other party unless specifically permitted by us or otherwise violate the single computer, non-commercial, non-transferable, non-exclusive, limited license, revocable at our sole discretion, granted hereunder.

Copyright and Trademarks

The Site Materials are subject to the copyright laws of the United State and/or similar laws of other jurisdictions. Without limitation, we own the copyright in the Site Materials and have the exclusive rights, subject only to the limited license granted to you herein, granted to copyright owners under United States copyright law, including, without limitation, the copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of all Site Materials.

“Schmooru”, the “Schmooru logo”, as well as other marks that may appear on the Site (”Site Marks”), are the service and trademarks of IB5K. All other trademarks, service marks and logos used on this Site, with or without attribution, are the trademarks, service marks or logos of their respective owners. You agree not to display or use the Site Marks in any matter without our prior written consent. In addition, elements of the Site are protected by trade dress and other federal and state intellectual property laws and may not be copied, reproduced, downloaded or distributed in any way, in whole or in part, without our prior written consent.

Links and Other Sites

This Site contains links to pages on other sites, and those sites may offer products, services or other resources. Because we have no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that we have no responsibility for the accuracy of information provided by or availability via other sites. Links to external sites do not constitute an endorsement by us of the sponsors of such sites or the content, products, advertising or other materials presented on those sites. We do not author, edit or monitor these pages or links. You further acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on these other sites or resources.

We hereby grant you a non-exclusive, limited license, revocable at our sole discretion, for you to link to Schmooru’s home page from any site you own or control that is not commercially competitive to Schmooru and does not criticize or otherwise injure Schmooru, so long as the site where the link resides, and all other locations to which such site links, comply with all applicable laws and do not in any way abuse, defame, stalk, threaten or violate the rights of privacy, publicity, intellectual property or other legal rights of others or, in any way, post, publish, distribute, disseminate or facilitate any inappropriate, infringing, defamatory, profane, indecent, obscene or illegal/unlawful information, topic, name or other material. Such a link is not an endorsement of such other site(s) by IB5K and/or Schmooru. All of our rights and remedies are expressly reserved.

Member Conduct

Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property shall be subject to the applicable terms and conditions set forth herein. You hereby agree that any communication or Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property you do transmit to us by electronic mail or otherwise will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary, and you grant to IB5K and Schmooru the rights defined in paragraphs 1 and 2.

You acknowledge that you shall not be entitled to any monetary compensation in exchange for our exercise of any rights granted to us herein, including but not limited to those rights granted in paragraphs 1 and 2. Furthermore, we are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any communication or Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property you submit to us and/or Schmooru for any purpose, at any time, and without any remuneration or obligation to you. We shall have no obligation to post, exhibit, distribute or otherwise make use of any Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property.

With respect to any and all Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property submitted by you, you hereby warrant and represent that such Producer Content: and/or Developer Intellectual Property

Is not unlawful, obscene, fraudulent, indecent; does not defame, abuse, harass, or threaten others; and is not hateful or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;

Does not contain any software viruses, Trojan horses, worms, bombs, or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or that may damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, data, or personal information;

Does not advocate or encourage any illegal activity

Does not infringe the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity or other intellectual property, proprietary, contracted, personal or other right of any third party;

Does not violate the privacy of individuals, including other users of the Site; or

Does not violate any applicable local, state, national or international law.

You agree not to use bots, spiders or intelligent agent software (or other methods) for any purpose other than accessing publicly posted portions of the Site and then only for the purposes consistent with the limited license hereunder and these Terms of Use.

You agree not to, or attempt to, circumvent any access or use restrictions, data encryption or content protection related to the Site; not to data mine the Site and not to in any way cause harm to or burden the Site.

You agree that you will not post on or transmit through the Site any advertising or commercial solicitation of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, via e-mail or chat, without our express prior written approval and, if then, solely in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed by us with respect thereto. You further agree not to use the Site, or any element or portion thereof (including, without limitation, e-mail addresses of users), for any commercial purpose whatsoever.

Non-Disclosure

As used herin, the term “Proprietary Information” shall mean all trade secrets or confidential or proprietary information or other information considered secret by IB5K and/or Schmooru, including, without limitation, business prospects, computer software, research techniques, research results, media plans, client pitch materials and techniques, and information regarding IB5K’s or Schmooru’s or either’s actual or prospective clients' advertising, marketing and sales promotion products, services and strategies, and any other information deemed confidential, whether or not marked confidential or proprietary. Without limiting the foregoing, information which is disclosed to the you by the us shall constitute Proprietary Information if (i) it would be apparent to a reasonable person, familiar with IB5K’s or Schmooru’s business and the industry in which it operates, that such information is of a confidential or proprietary nature the maintenance of which is important to IB5K and/or Schmooru or if (ii) we, at the time of disclosure or within 30 days after such disclosure, deliver to you a written document or documents describing such Proprietary Information and referencing the place and date of such oral, visual or written disclosure. In addition, the term “Proprietary Information” shall be deemed to include: (a) any notes, analyses, compilations, studies, interpretations, memoranda or other documents prepared by the you which contain, reflect or are based upon, in whole or in part, any Proprietary Information furnished to you pursuant hereto; and (b) the existence or status of, and any information concerning, the discussions between the parties concerning the possible establishment of a business relationship.

You shall use the Proprietary Information only for the purposes of our relationship as set forth herein and such Proprietary Information shall not be used for any other purpose without our prior written consent. You shall hold in confidence, and shall not disclose to any person any Proprietary Information or exploit such Proprietary Information for your own benefit or the benefit of another without our prior written consent. Without limitation of the foregoing, you shall not cause nor permit reverse engineering of any Proprietary Information or decompilation or disassembly of any software programs which are part of the Proprietary Information. You shall adopt and maintain programs and procedures which are reasonably calculated to protect the confidentiality of Proprietary Information and shall be responsible to us for any disclosure or misuse of Proprietary Information which results from a failure to comply with this provision. You will promptly report to us any actual or suspected violation of the terms hereof and will take all reasonable further steps requested by us to prevent, control or remedy any such violation. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, these provisions shall not prohibit you from disclosing Proprietary Information to the extent required in order for you to comply with applicable laws and regulations, provided that you provide prior written notice of such required disclosure to us and take reasonable and lawful actions to avoid and/or minimize the extent of such disclosure.

Your obligations specified herein shall not apply, and you shall have no further obligations, with respect to any Proprietary Information to the extent you can demonstrate, by clear and convincing evidence, that such Proprietary Information: (a) is generally known to the public at the time of disclosure or becomes generally known without the you violating this Agreement; (b) is in the your possession at the time of disclosure otherwise than as a result of your breach of any legal obligation; or (c) becomes known to you through disclosure by sources other than us having the legal right to disclose such Proprietary Information.

You agree that you shall not receive any right, title or interest in, or any license or right to use, the Proprietary Information or any patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark or other intellectual property rights therein, by implication or otherwise. You shall, upon the termination of our relationship or at our request, return to usall Proprietary Information received by you from us (and all copies and reproductions thereof). In addition, you shall destroy: (i) any notes, reports or other documents prepared by you which contain Proprietary Information; and (ii) any Proprietary Information (and all copies and reproductions thereof) which is in electronic form or cannot otherwise be returned to us. Alternatively, upon our written request, you shall destroy all Proprietary Information received by you from us (and all copies and reproduction thereof) and any notes, reports or other documents prepared by us which contain Proprietary Information. Notwithstanding the return or destruction of the Proprietary Information, you will continue to be bound by their obligations of confidentiality and other obligations hereunder.

Non-Compete / Non-Solicitation Agreement

You understand and acknowledge that we invest significant time and resources developing customer and employee relationships, and that we are only willing to enter into this relationship with you to the extent you agree to reasonable restrictions on your ability to negatively impact those relationships during your relationship with us and for a reasonable period of time thereafter. Accordingly, you agree that, during the term of our relationship (as extended, if applicable) and for 12 months thereafter, you will not:

directly or indirectly, either on your own behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm or entity, including on behalf of any account described below, solicit any account that is a client or prospective client of ours at any time during the term of our relationship (as extended, if applicable); provided that the foregoing shall apply only with respect to clients as to which you are significantly involved on our behalf during the term of our relationship (as extended, if applicable) and shall apply only to prospective clients to which a formal presentation or similar offering of services in which you are more than insignificantly involved occurs during the term of our relationship (as extended, if applicable).

directly or indirectly, either on your own behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm or entity, including on behalf of any account described in (a) above, perform any services for any account or client described in (a) above.

directly or indirectly, either on your own behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm or entity, accept any offers of employment of any kind for any account or client described in (a) above.

directly or indirectly, either on your own behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm or entity, including on behalf of any account described in (a) above, solicit the employment or consulting services of or employ or retain the consulting services of or attempt to employ or retain the consulting services of any person who is at such time or who was at any time within six months immediately prior to such time, an employee of ours.

Representations and Warranties

You represent and warrant that:

Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property s wholly original to you and that no part is a copy or imitation of any other material;

Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property will not infringe or violate any right whatsoever, including without limitation, any contractual rights, personal rights (e.g., defamation, privacy, false light, moral rights, etc.) or any property rights (e.g., copyright, trademark, etc.) of any person or entity; and is not, and will not be, the subject of any threatened or pending litigation, claim or dispute;

You have not granted or transferred any right in or to the Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property to any third party. You have not done anything which has impaired and will not do anything to impair the rights granted to us in any way;

All persons engaged by you to work on the Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property or who appear in Producer Content:

Have no payment claims;

Have no rights of approval or consultation and no participation rights whatsoever; and

Are not engaged pursuant to any union or guild agreement that result in any ongoing obligations resulting from the exploitation of the Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property.

Any use of master recordings and musical compositions in Producer Content has been authorized in writing by the entities that own or control such master recordings and musical compositions, and that we shall have no obligation to make any payments to such owners or to any other entity in connection with the distribution of the Producer Content;

You are an adult and at least 18 years of age, or that you have attained the age of majority under the laws of your state, province or country, and are capable of lawfully entering into and executing this Agreement;

You and all parties that performed any services on, or appear in, any aspect of Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property have signed the release available to you on the Schmooru website or a similar form that establishes the services as a “work-for-hire” and grants the same rights and releases as in the Schmooru Release; and

You will indemnify and hold harmless IB5K, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, licensees, and assigns, and each of their directors, officers, agents, equity holders and employees, from and against any and all claims, losses, costs, damages, liabilities and costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees costs) which arise out of any breach of any of your covenants, agreements, obligations, representations or warranties set forth herein.

Miscellaneous

The terms and conditions of this Agreement and their performance will be binding on you and your heirs, administrators, successors and assigns.

The construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules.

You irrevocably agree that, if a dispute arises out of or relates to the Terms of Use, such dispute(s) will be governed by the courts of the State of Delaware.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, you acknowledge that we may nonetheless:

Seek to obtain injunctive or other equitable relief from a court to enforce the provisions of these Terms of Use; and/or

Bring an action in court to protect or interpret any of our purported intellectual property rights.

These Terms of Use will not be assignable by you except as approved in writing by us and any unauthorized, purported assignment will be null and void. IB5K, and its successors and assigns, will have the unlimited right to assign these Terms of Use and the rights granted herein at any time, in whole or in part, to any party.

You will execute any documents (after being afforded a reasonable opportunity to review and/or confirm the same) and do any other acts as may be reasonably required by IB5K to further evidence or effectuate our rights as set forth in these Terms of Use and you appoint IB5K as your attorney-in-fact (which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest), with full power of substitution and delegation, but only to execute any and all such documents, or perform such acts, which you fail to execute (after being afforded a reasonable opportunity to review and/or confirm the same). We will promptly furnish to you a copy of all such documents that IB5K executes on your behalf.

You hereby acknowledge and agree that by submitting Producer Content, you have hereby agreed and have executed the Terms of Use as of the date the Producer Content was submitted online.

You further acknowledge that mere ideas may not be subject to copyright protection. Accordingly, you hereby assume the risk that third parties may appropriate such ideas for their own accounts and that neither IB5K nor Schmooru shall have liability to you or any other entity in the event of such appropriation.

Copyright Infringement/Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notice

IB5K respects the intellectual property rights of others and prohibits users from uploading, posting or otherwise transmitting on the Site any materials that violate another party’s intellectual property rights. We may, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users that it suspects to be infringers. When we receive proper Notification of Alleged Copyright Infringement as described in the Copyright Policy, we will promptly remove or disable access to the alleged infringing material and terminate the accounts of repeated infringers as described herein in compliance with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. If you believe that material posted on Schmooru infringes on a copyright that you own or control, you must send a written notification specifying such infringement to our Designated DMCA Agent.

Disclaimer of Warranties

Your use of the Site is at your sole risk. Any content or information contained within the Site is provided “as is” with no representations or warranties of any kind.

To the fullest extent permissible by applicable law, IB5K disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including (but not limited to) the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement.

You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of the Site, Site Materials and any other Schmooru-related materials. In addition, IB5K does not warrant that the functions on the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects in or on the Site will be corrected, or that the Site or the server that makes the Site available are free of viruses or other harmful components.

Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the Site is done at your own discretion and risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any material, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any material posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via the site.

If you find any material on the Site objectionable, do not use the Site.

Limitation of Liability

You expressly understand and agree to the following:

That under no circumstances will IB5K, its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries, their sponsors, contractors, sponsors, vendors or other partners, any of their successors, assigns or licensees, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees (collectively “released parties”) be responsible or liable to you or any other person or entity for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive or other damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses arising out of or relating in any way to the Site, the use or the inability to use the Site, unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data, the materials available on the Site, statements or conduct of any third party on or in connection with the Site or any other matter relating to the Site information contained within the Site, even if any of these parties have been advised of the possibility of any damages.

Your sole remedy for dissatisfaction with the Site, Site Materials and/or other Schmooru-related materials is to stop using the Site. You agree that this limitation of liability and release is made with the knowing intent of releasing all known and unknown future claims and with the intent of waiving all rights under the Delaware Code or other laws requiring similar waivers to be knowingly made.

Indemnity

You irrevocably agree to indemnify and hold IB5K and the Released Parties harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party, arising out of or in connection with, the Producer Content you submit, post to or transmit to the Site, your use of the Site, your connection to the Site, your violation of these Terms of Use, your breach, either threatened or actual, of any of your representations, warranties, and/or obligations, or your violation of any rights of another party.

Term and Termination

You agree that we, in our sole and absolute discretion, may terminate your password, account (or any part thereof) or use of the Site, and remove and discard any Producer Content and/or Developer Intellectual Property or other content within or contained on the Site, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if we believe that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the Terms of Use. We may also in our sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing the Site, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the Site under any provision of these Terms of Use may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that we may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the Site. Further, you agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Site. The provisions of these Terms of Use pertaining to disclaimers, exclusion of damages, limitations of liability and indemnification shall survive termination.

Choice of law and forum selection

Except as specifically provided otherwise herein:

These Terms of Use and the relationship between you and IB5K shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the United States, as it is applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within Delaware and without regard to any principles of conflicts of laws.

You agree that any legal lawsuit or other action brought by IB5K, you or any third party to enforce this agreement, or in connection with any matters related to this Site, shall be subject only to the jurisdiction of either the state or federal courts located in Delaware. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts located within Delaware.

You irrevocably agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action you may have in connection with or related to IB5K or the Site will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy are found to be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from the remainder, which will remain in force; the parties agree that the court should endeavor to give the fullest possible effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

Waiver

Any delay or failure on the part of IB5K to exercise or enforce any rights under these Terms of Use to which it may be entitled shall not, in any event, be construed as a waiver of the right and privilege to do so at any subsequent time. You irrevocably agree that you waive any and all rights to injunctive or other equitable relief.

Modification

We reserve the exclusive right to modify, withdraw, suspend or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, at any time and from time to time any materials, information or content available on the Site and any functionality or features in or on the Site, including the cessation of all activities associated with the Site, with or without notice. You agree that IB5K shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Site.

Relationship of the Parties

Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to create a joint venture, agency, partnership or fiduciary relationship between you and us.

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